Metope (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Metope /mɪˈtoʊpiː/ (Ancient Greek: Μετώπη) may refer to the following individuals:

• Metope, a river nymph, the daughter of the river Ladon.[1] Her waters were near the town of Stymphalus in the Peloponnesus.[2] She married the river god Asopus by whom she had several (either 12 or 20) daughters, including Aegina, Salamis, Sinope, Euboea, Tanagra, Thespia, Thebe, Corcyra, Ismene, and Harpina; and possibly sons, including Pelagon and Ismenus.[1][3] The question of the exact parentage of these children of Asopus is very vague.
• Metope, consort of the river god Sangarius. Some say these were the possible parents of Hecuba.[4] She may be identical or different from the above Metope.
• Metope, daughter of King Echetus.

References

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3.12.6
2. Pindar, Olympian Ode 6. 83
3. Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 72. 1
4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 12. 4

Bibliography

• Pseudo-Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.